Talk:Northport, New York

Citation Style
Slight consensus is to convert citation styles from Footnote3 to Inline. To save space I've removed the lengthy chat but it's here if you still want to see it. Fife Club 17:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Article semi protection
I've semi-protected the article until 30 November 2007, because Russellmba appeared to be using several IP addresses in a disruptive manner. Addhoc 18:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Notable residents
I removed Kerouac. The other two folks with the fact tags should be removed as well it seems. How about just sticking to souceable additions to this article? Just a thought :) Cheers! --Tom 20:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I undid your edit since Kerouac did live in Northport and there are numerous articles relating to Kerouac living in my hometown of Northport. Here is a link that proves it and I would site it in the article but I have absolutely no idea how to do that.http://www.beatmuseum.org/kerouac/jackkerouac.html
 * -User:Noneforall


 * Thanks for locating that User:Noneforall. I'll add that citation to the article later tonight when I have more time.  I've also located a reference to Mariah Carey (I'm surprised I found anything) so I'll add that tonight too.  But with all the edit wars going on lately I want to ask consensus on Billy Joel... I've searched extensively and can't find any reputable sources that Billy Joel lived in Northport.  However I did find an interview with Billy Joel's mother that she frequently took him to Northport as a boy.  So does Billy Joel get totally nixed from the article or is it somehow reworded that he frequented Northport (which still doesn't make him a resident to fit in this section)? --Fife Club 22:07, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think Billy Joel ever lived in Northport. All I'm sure of is that he lived somewhere in Nassau County on Long Island. Being a Northport native, I have never heard of him living in Northport unlike how it is a known fact that Jack Kerouac lived here, but I guess I could be wrong. For the time being I'm going to delete the Billy Joel but just undo my edit if you can find any new info. -User:Noneforall


 * I'm okay with deleting both Billy Joel and Mariah Carey. I thought I found a Mariah Carey reference but I was mistaken.  All I can find is Harborsfield and Centerport.  As for Billy Joel, here's the article I found about his mother  Rosalind Joel being a regular at The Sea Shanty and taking Billy there as a kid.  However that doesn't make him a resident, nor does it back up that he ever lived in The Pit. All other references are the usual suspects: Hicksville, Cold Spring Harbor, and the Hamptons. I'd say both the Joel and Carey facts are just hearsay and I'd be okay with removing both until sources can be found.  We could probably find sources for everybody else if needed but they don't seem to be contested.  (The bigger issue with some others are their level of notability.)  --Fife Club 04:05, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

For Vance Brescia I removed the link to the band "The Mosquitos" because it is a differnt band than his early 80's garage band that spawned The Monkee's 1987 hit "That Was Then, This Is Now". And I added his current job with Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone. And as a lifelong resident of Northport (class of 1983) I agree that Billy Joel never lived there, Mariah Carey is from neighboring Greenlawn, and Jack Kerouac did live in Northport with his mother on Judy Ann Court in the early 1960's. - Tom 7 May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.113.83 (talk) 15:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Accurate link changes on Vance Brescia, but how about linking Vance Brescia to www.vancebrescia.com? I'm not familiar with editing here and don't want to mess anything up. Can someone out there do this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Velf2008 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Velf2008, I truely appreciate your asking questions like that before making such edits. The reason this isn't done is that it would be considered spam vandalism. It would be perfectly acceptable to link (properly) to somebody's website on an article dedicated to that person, but since this is an article on Northport it would not be appropriate here.  Now I don't feel strongly enough to make any changes here now, but personally I think there's already too much detail on the Vance Brescia notation for the same reason that the subject of the article should remain focused on Northport. It kinda sounds a bit promotional already.  --Fife Club (talk) 00:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Vance Brescia was raised in, and lives in, Asharoken (not Northport). Mariah Carey's mother rented a house in Asharoken (not Northport) at the end of Bevin Road East. Billy Joel's mother lives in Huntington Bay (not Northport). You can find cites online if you search Roslalind Joel and Huntington Bay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.65.19 (talk) 07:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Danny Masterson and his brother should be removed as he was born in Albertson, NY (also on Long Island) and went to the Garden City school system until dropping out in 10th grade. His Wikipedia page even states his origins in Albertson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.178.146 (talk) 05:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I disagree. The Masterson brothers should not be removed as this is not a list of people who were born in Northport but just of people who were residents at some time.  --Fife Club (talk) 01:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I was just reading my own comment above and I'm having second thoughts. I read the source that I myself cited and technically it never mentions that either brother ever actually lived with their father at the time he lived in Northport.  I remember we had a similar situation regarding Northport High School and we removed him/them because we couldn't find a credible source over there either.  If anybody agrees with me, please go ahead and remove both Masterson brothers, at least until somebody can cite a good source. --Fife Club (talk) 00:39, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

>>>>>*I removed Charles Ludlam - Actor and playwright.under the category of performing arts because he did not grow up in Northport. I grew up with and went to school with Charles in Greenlawn, NY. He lived on Lawrence Street, attended Broadway Elementary School and Graduated from Harborfields High School class of 1961. He can be seen in the Harborlight (the Harborfields yearbook 1961). He moved from Greenlawn into NYC where he founded the Theater of the Ridiculous, an off off Broadway, NY production group. I have listed him under Greenlawn, NY. Bill Milau (talk) 17:29, 21 June 2009 (UTC)Bill Milau

"Interesting Facts" section
I think it's time to start folding this miscellaneous information elsewhere into the article, per Trivia sections. I'll start doing it now, but some of it may require significant reorganization, so it will probably be more of a long term goal. Mycroft7 22:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

(see also the note above in the "History, Growth, Change, and Shipbuilding" section of this discussion page, which begins "Fife Club..."

No Official Website
This website lists villageofnorthport.com as the official village website, but Northport government does not have any official website. villageofnorthport.com is a real estate website and therefore considered spam by Wikipedia and prohibited. Site is registered and hosted by internetconceptsunlimited.com but on behalf of client which is distinctivepropertiesofnorthport.com. This fact is well hidden (most likely deliberately) but evident in the legal fine print when you click on the prominently displayed Real Estate link. This site contains no governement information such as elected officials, their "History & Facts" section just links to this Wikipedia article, and no official website would ever send 100% of real estate business to one agent without at least disclosing that they are not affiliated with that business (the Village of Northport isn't in the real estate business, yet this site will accept your personal info to sell you a house). I am removing villageofnorthport.com from the article, and if nobody objects, replacing it with the more official Chamber of Commerce website. --Fife Club (talk) 22:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yea I agree, the official Chamber of Commerce website is the most official website for the town since there is no website for the town government. I also added another link to the Times of Northport to get up to date news. I would also add a link to the The Observer but that newspaper doesn't seem to have a website. -Noneforall (talk) 01:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Edits by Jansipowitz
I assume recent edits by Jansipowitz were in good faith but I had to revert each for the following reasons.

1) Billy Joel - Please see previous discussions above. There's been disagreement about Billy Joel and we've already come to the consensus decision that there's no proof Billy Joel ever lived in Northport.  If you do have a credible source to cite please let us know.

2) The Sbarro Family - Definitely notable, but they live in Asharoken, not Northport. (If you decide to add it to that article, extra info about the company's founding date, founding location, and headquarters should be left out because they aren't relevant to the article about the town of Asharoken.)  note: A member of the Sbarro family did live in Northport for several years in one of the new MacMansions, at the corner of Bayview and James, that replaced Karl's Mariners Inn. He has since sold. Probably not enough to warrant an article but I thought it should be noted in this discussion. Centromere (talk) 01:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC) Centromere

3) Alex DiLorenzo III - This one definitely needs more info. You just added DiLorenzo as a notable resident of Asharoken too (which I removed for the same reason).  So which town did he live in?  Most sources say he lived in Manhattan, but a citation source to one town or the other would solve this one. --Fife Club (talk) 05:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think Billy Joel did once live in my town. Many people talk about him being from Northport but I can't find anything on the internet to back this up except a local history page on Northport's School District website created by a fellow student. http://northport.k12.ny.us/district/localhistory.htm
 * Should Billy Joel be added? Noneforall (talk) 21:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I used to live there too and I was always told Billy Joel lived in the Pit too. I think I'm the one who added it the first time.  But at this point it could just be urban legend, who knows.  But because it's so uncertain it shouldn't be listed without trustworthy references.  We may eventually need to source-cite all notable refs (it may be a WP rule we're not aware of).  As for that Northport High School page, unfortunately that author plagiarized much of their content directly from this and a few other Wikipedia articles (I recognize my own writing) so they said Billy Joel lived in Northport only because this article previously had Billy Joel (and Mariah Carey) incorrectly listed.  --Fife Club (talk) 00:21, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Vernon Valley, etc.
I'm posing this question on this talk page because I know it's monitored by those with informed opinions, and it's relevant to this article. I came across an article for "Vernon Valley, New York." I cleaned it up a little bit, gave it a settlement infobox, and added it to the Huntington template, but it's still clearly a very bare stub. I'd like to get a consensus on whether or not the article should even exist. It's not a census-designated place and isn't well-defined, but it does show up on a number of maps and has a GNIS ID as a "populated place." There are also many precedents for similar articles. On the other hand, I grew up in Northport, and I almost never heard the area referred to in that way.

On a related note, even if Vernon Valley doesn't warrant an article, what about Crab Meadow and/or Steers Pit? Those are well-defined (by local understanding, if not legally) areas, and appear on road signs, and certainly are referenced many times in local press. Again, there is precedent for hamlets, which by by definition have no legal status and are not necessarily coincident with census-designated places, to warrant articles if their existence is sufficiently established in other ways. Thoughts, anyone? Mycroft7 (talk) 18:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Good question. First off, I just removed the entire history section of Vernon Valley because it was the history of Northport (and the citation even said that).  But what is Vernon Valley?  You're right that it's not recognized by the census, and they recognize almost anything.  I always thought of it as just a part of Northport, just like Crab Meadow.  And like Crab Meadow, it used to be it's own settlement but that's ancient history and is just completely part of Northport now.  If it's just a neighborhood (section) of Northport then I don't think it deserves an article.  Nor does Crab Meadow.  As for Steers' Pit, that definitely doesn't deserve an article because it was never it's own settlement.  It was a pile of sandy earth, then it was a mining operation, then it was a hole in the ground, and now it's a residential neighborhood development - none of which warrants an article IMHO.


 * I can't find any mention of Vernon Valley on the Huntington Township website (now that's an eye opener). Are we sure Vernon Valley is actually a hamlet of Huntington in the first place?  I say that if we can't cite a credible source that proves it's really a hamlet then the article should be deleted and Vernon Valley should be removed from the Huntington template.  But if somebody can prove it's really a hamlet with a source citation then I'm fine with the stub existing.  Hope that further confusion helps.  Fife Club (talk) 01:47, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I would have to agree with both of you. I have never even heard of Vernen Valley as a hamlet or even referred to as a neighborhood. (like how people say they live in the Pit, 'Neck, Grids etc.) To me, Vernen Vally is simply the road connecting 25A and Larkfield. The closest I have heard people refer to Vernen Vally as a neighborhood is when they say they live off Vernen Valley or near the street. So I think we should follow Fife Club's advise and only keep the article if we can determine if it's an actually hamlet.


 * And on a side note, does anyone have a pic of Steers Pit because "a large land depression carved into the cliffs adjacent to Northport Harbor and just south of the enormous LIPA smokestacks" doesn't really give a clear picture of what the Pit is to outsiders? Its no biggie really since I could always stop being lazy and just walk two blocks and take my own pictures, but perhaps someone has some pictures just laying around. Noneforall (talk) 02:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, the thing about "hamlets" is that there is no way to really "prove" it is one, because by definition it is unincorporated and has no official boundaries - not even (necessarily) as defined by the census. As an example, only a couple of the communities on Fire Island are incorporated villages, and the whole island is one "census-designated place," but there are still a dozen or so widely acknowledged named communities within it, which may or may not incorporate in the future. Basically, if by "local understanding" it is known as a distinct settlement, it could be considered a hamlet, and so to "prove" it is one, I think, would just mean finding references referring to it as if it is one.


 * I have to agree that "Vernon Valley" and Steers Pit probably don't qualify (just thought I'd ask), but I'm on the fence about Crab Meadow. It's not within the Village of Northport. In fact, technically it's within the CDP of Fort Salonga. But it is geographically separated (there's even a "Welcome to Crab Meadow" sign, unless I'm delusional, which is possible) and people who live there generally say they live in Crab Meadow or Northport. Mycroft7 (talk) 11:57, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yea, Vernen Valley should definitely not be an article, but I guess Crab Meadow could possibly be notable enough for an article. Since Crab Meadow isn't part of Northport and I have heard people refer to themselves as living in Crab Meadow instead of Northport (though I have also heard people say they live in Northport instead of Crab Meadow) so I guess it can't hurt to have an article on it. We could also talk about the beach, golf course, marsh and Mackamar (however you spell the park) in the Crab Meadow article if we decide to create it. Noneforall (talk) 17:38, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Call me crazy but I'm enjoying this conversation. First let me clarify a few points and then let me confuse everybody even more.  Steers Pit is currently just a residential development.  Crab Meadow is not within the incorporated village of Northport but it is part of the greater town  of Northport(the word town may not be technically right).  Crab Meadow is a part of town or maybe even a neighborhood but it is within Northport because that's what their addresses are.  Still, people say that they live in Crab Meadow just to identify the part of town they live in.


 * Now the really confusing parts. Look at this 1946 map of Huntington Township closely (my map).  Larkfield is noted as a former name in parenthesis even though it was not used anymore, as is Sweet Hollow.  Crab Meadow is not listed at all except for a beach name - but the exact same area is identified in large town-like letters as Great Neck!  Huh???  My total guess based on nothing at all is that the area was previously known as Great Neck and not Crab Meadow, but since there is a Great Neck in Nassau County perhaps the state forced them to change their name, or perhaps to be added to Northport?  I don't know and I'd like to find out but unfortunately we're not allowed to research it ourselves.  Think that's confusing, well here's the big one... Vernon Valley is listed on this map (and not in parenthesis)!


 * One last thing before I go. I just added a link to a nice panorama of Steers Pit, but unfortunately I can't embed the image to the article under fair use.  Great photo but doesn't do the best job of showing The Pit as a land depression. Fife Club (talk) 21:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with your assessment, but that does still pretty much leaves us where we started. Vernon Valley, I think we all agree, is not currently a settlement worthy of its own article. So what to do with the existing article? As I see it, we can either a) put it up for deletion, b) rewrite it about the historical settlement, or c)redirect it to either the Northport or the East-Northport articles, perhaps to the history section of one or the other. (Similar choices exist for Crab Meadow, with "put it up for deletion" replaced with "just don't create the article.") I haven't decided which, yet, but I'll be coming back to it if nobody else takes the initiative first. Mycroft7 (talk) 13:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yea I think Vernon Vally shouldn't have its own article so I think redirecting it to the Northport article is our best move. Noneforall (talk) 17:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Is Vernon Valley part of Northport or East Northport? Sorry if that sounds rhetorical but I honestly don't remember where the towns borders are?  (It's been many years)  It may fall in parts of both towns.   --Fife Club (talk) 21:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Vernon Valley is a not perfectly-limned part of the hamlet of East Northport. Its northern boundary is the Red Hook/Five Corners intersection of four roads: Main St. (terminates here, runs west/northwest to Northport Harbor), St. Rte 25A (runs East-West through this intersection, called Fort Salonga Rd in this section, it is the old, main, northern road of Long Island), Waterside Avenue (terminates here, runs north to Crab Meadow), and Vernon Valley Rd terminates here, runs south). Vernon Valley runs south, more or less around Vernon Valley Rd., kind of to where Vernon Valley Rd. and Laurel Avenue merge to Form Larkfield (Gosh, this level of detail must be fascinating to someone in, oh, New South Wales or even Amityville). Vernon Valley is an old name for this small region. By the way, the southeastern border of Northport Village runs north/south down the middle of Waterside Ave. (to the east of which is the hamlet of Fort Salonga) and then, at Red Hook, turns west and runs down the middle of 25A (to the south of which is East Northport). I'm hoping we can get this discussion so indented that the width of the text is less than the length of an average word! Centromere (talk) 02:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)Centromere


 * Stumbled upon this gem while looking for info on Red Hook. Vernon Valley was definitely it's own village at one time.  Also, I found sources to cite that Vernon Valley was the same exact settlement previously known as Red Hook (which was also known as Freshpond too) - before it eventually became part of Northport.  I don't think it will ever deserve it's own article but I'll soon work on expanding the history section to include information found here and a few other links I now have bookmarked.  I'll get back to this project later when I have more time.  --Fife Club (talk) 19:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * In the meantime, I made Vernon Valley, New York a redirect to Northport and removed it from the Huntington template, etc. Once you add that information, the redirect can be refined to that specific section (as is, the reason for redirect might not be obvious). Mycroft7 (talk) 20:21, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

History, Growth, Change, and Shipbuilding
Fife Club, with the summary "(removing promotional and out of place (non-historic) statements. Keeping historic building "facts" but noting that it has no source citation.)" you deleted some of the content that I had added:

♦ Citation(s) needed. Four have been added.


 * The post office link doesn't work. Otherwise, good.  I'll convert them to citations templates soon.  --Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

♦ "out of place (non-historic) statements. Keeping historic building "facts". By this, I assume you refer to the following passage that I had added. (The the entire text was my addition; the italicized text is what you snipped) : "All that remains of this original downtown , which now serves as a main entrance to Northport, is the 1790's John Scudder House , now part of the (closed) Cow Harbor Inn Restaurant, and the 1830's Vail Farm house , now part of Nocello's Restaurant. The John Scudder House was the area's first general store and in 1820 became the area's first post office. ''Commerce Bank plans to tear it down. The Vail Farm house is also threatened with demolition by 7-Eleven''." I can't understand how the following three phrases are in any way "out of place" or "non-historical: ", which now serves as a main entrance to Northport,", ", now part of the (closed) Cow Harbor Inn Restaurant,", ", now part of Nocello's Restaurant." These are factual, historical, and instructional--they demonstrate the evolution of a community, specifically Northport. They also provide a geographical context that furthers a reader's understanding. For example, providing concrete geographic context like this would minimize the need for a person, such as yourself, to ask, such as you did, in the discussion section "Vernon Valley", below:   "Is Vernon Valley part of Northport or East Northport? Sorry if that sounds rhetorical but I honestly don't remember where the towns borders are? (It's been many years) It may fall in parts of both towns. --Fife Club (talk) 21:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)"    Less of that would mean that another person, such as myself, would not need to separately provide the information, such as I did--see Vernon Valley section, below.

The sentences: "Commerce Bank plans to tear it down. The Vail Farm house is also threatened with demolition by 7-Eleven." are certainly factual and are also historical. And they are in place here. They further demonstrate how a community can evolve by bringing the reader into the present. Starting with the more distant past, tracing a thread through the more recent past (incorporation of smaller structures into larger ones), and ending in the present. History is about how we got here. The present is the "here". The usefullness of history comes from its ability to help us understand where we are going, or may go, in the future. Through all this, the past, present, and future, the present is the fulcrum. It is at once the first chance and the last chance to effect that which will soon happen and become the past. I would like to provide Wiki with similar information about many other buildings, etc., in Northport but much of that would be more accurately added by others who are more knowledgeable.


 * There's no question in my mind that the removed snippets are non-historic, out of place, and against wikipeida policy, and therefore need to be removed (again).

--Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) By definition, history happened in the past. It is completely out of place to mention current or future events in a history section.  The section you added these facts to are specifically about the time period from 1776 to 1800, so anything happening in the 21st century is clearly out of place.
 * 2) Besides the argument above, a 7-Eleven being built doesn't even come close to being significant to the history of Northport. Even if you moved this information to a different section it would be wrong because it's just not notable.  Under WP:What Wikipedia is not you'll find the rule "future events should only be included if the event is notable".
 * 3) I understand why an argument can be made for identifying a historic location by referencing modern landmarks, but mentioning specific restaurants becomes promotional. In general it would be more acceptable to use an address or intersection

♦ Removing the information about the farmer's market in the "Interesting Facts" section? That was what you meant by promotional? Yet you spared Cow Harbor Day and the Race. Read that section. It seems no less promotional. Nor does the succeeding passage about "In & Out" which fairly well promotes the Diner and veers off towards starting a Hess genealogical tree. You don't seem to mind these. Nor do I. I think they are perfect for the page. In fact, I think they could be expanded a little more. I think also, it might be courteous to post a proposal-to-delete in the discussion section first and explain why you would cut out what others have added, and allow for others to weigh in.
 * I understand your point about Cow Harbor Day but Cow Harbor Day is a well known annual event that celebrates the history of Northport. It's a clearly notable event as is the race (although half those unnecessary details can be trimmed out if you ask me).  The Farmer's Market is not notable - What town doesn't have a farmers market? The Farmer's Market is also not historic - it doesn't tie in to Northport's history nor have a long history of it's own (started 2007).  And the Farmer's Market is clearly advertising for a sale which is strictly forbidden in Wikipedia - You even included days and times. --Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Citing Musicians

 * Paul Zunno - This webpage cites Paul Zunno as being from East Northport. I'm tempted to use this reference and move it to the East Northport article, but his own official website says he hails from New York City.  I'd give more weight to his own official website so either way it's not Northport so I'm removing him from this article, but I'm not moving to East Northport either.
 * Vance Brescia - cited a Facebook page that provides both biography and Northport as hometown.
 * Jimmie Webster - was tagged in August that nobody had any source saying he ever lived in Northport (only Long Island) so I finally just removed it.
 * Paul Pesco - Can't find any references but the fact tag was only placed there this month so we'll give somebody a chance to find a good source first. If not it will be removed in the future.
 * Other names didn't need citations because they had Wikipedia articles to reference.

Don't remove major content without discussion or explanation
On September 4th User:Tavix made major changes to the the Northport, New York article. The changes made to the trivia section seemed fine and within guidelines and can be redone but you removed Danny Masterson, Christopher Masterson, Peter Calandrea, Robert John Burke, Chris Messina, Paul Pesco, Vance Brescia, Andrew Geller, and Alia Sabur from the article. You can't just remove large chunks of valid article content and change the structure too without any explanation or discussion. An argument could easily be made for some of these names to be removed but many others have no reason to be removed. While still others had no good reason to keep but you did. If it's not obvious you need to at very least explain why edits were made, and for removal of 9 names (many with good citations) you should have discussed it on the talk page first. Or at very least for a few without a citation, the proper etiquette is to add the 'citation needed' tag to give other editors a chance to simply cite it properly. --Fife Club (talk) 13:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed names that had no reliable sources to back up residence, as well as people without an article. What's wrong with that? Tavix | Talk  01:37, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Unless I'm mistaken, don't most of those names removed have their own articles that have references for their northport residency? If so, then I don't see why they should be removed. Noneforall (talk) 19:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * About half were. The other half didn't have any reliable sources of residency or mention of it in their articles (and yes I checked all of them). Tavix | Talk  00:53, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, just checking. If you checked the articles and they had dubious references at best then there is no need to keep them in the Northport article. Noneforall (talk) 01:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You (Tavis) just admitted that half the names you removed had valid references. This is exactly why I said to discuss changes like this BEFORE removing them.  As for "unreliable" resources, that's an opinion so unless it's obvious you again should discuss first or tag it.  And you said that you removed some names because the subjects had no corresponding wikipedia articles, but there is absolutely NO requirement that notable residents have to have their own articles so those deletions are also unjustified.
 * Since you refused to discuss these changes first, I am discussing them now...
 * Danny Masterson - New York Newsday, reliable source
 * Christopher Masterson - New York Newsday, reliable source
 * Peter Calandrea - Both sources previously stated that he was a native of Northport. Sources have since changed.   This one can be discussed but WP rules state that outdated source references doesn't necessarily invalidate that they were valid sources on the lisited access date.
 * Robert John Burke - no references anywhere and 'citation needed' warning has been listed. Ready for deletion.
 * Chris Messina - One and two. Wow that was hard (sarcasm).  Perfect example of why you should post a 'citation needed' tag rather than blindly erasing valid content.
 * Paul Pesco - I don't know about this guy but still just should have given others the opportunity to find the citation
 * Vance Brescia - This fact is cited fine from a reliable source (himself) so I assume you deleted this only because he doesn't have an article on Wikipedia. Again, there is NO requirement to have a separate article.
 * Andrew Geller - Episode of History Detectives that played forever on PBS visited him at his house in Northport. All I have to do is find which episode and cite it properly.  Again, be constructive and fix (or at least add that 'citation needed' tag) rather than erasing content at your own whim.
 * Alia Sabur - Newsday is a reliable source. And Wikipedia has specific policy to NOT REMOVE citations just because the links to their online edition are now invalid.  The article still exists in print also and no links are even required so there is no reason for this to be removed.
 * Your edits were against Wikipedia practices and policies and you were previously warned. Changes are reverted back again.  Don't re-revert again and please stop making destructive edits to perfectly valid content without discussion first.  --Fife Club (talk) 22:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Can we be clear on what notable residents means? Is it supposed to mean just people who live there now, or does it also include people who are from Northport, but don't live there now?VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 05:03, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It means anyone who meets the notability guidelines, who at one time, had lived in northport. Noneforall (talk) 15:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If that's the case, then I think Tavix has taken out too much. People that sources say are "from" Northport are clearly part of this list.VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 15:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed, people should be re-added on a case by case basis where sources exist. --Elplatt (talk) 16:34, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Village vs Town
The village of Northport is a very small part of the town of Northport, yet a casual reader will assume that the village of Northport is all of Northport, NY. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.3.38 (talk) 05:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The hatnote you added is completely inappropriate and to the best of my knowledge, unprecedented. The best advice I have is, SOFIXIT. John from Idegon (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2015 (UTC)